Bidspirit auction | German WWII Mother's Cross, Bronze

German WWII Mother's Cross, Bronze Grade, with Issue Envelope - German WWII Cross of Honor of the German Mother, Bronze Grade, with Issue Envelope The Mutterkreuz is die-struck in bronze grade with blue enamel to the arms and a central roundel enclosing a swastika, suspended from its blue-and-white striped ribbon. The reverse is dated ”16 Dezember 1938” with an applied facsimile signature, along with a stamped dealer/maker mark reading ”B. Danner, Mühlhausen/Th.” It is accompanied by its original issue envelope printed ”Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter, Dritte Stufe.” The Cross of Honor of the German Mother was instituted on 16 December 1938 to encourage population growth in Nazi Germany, awarded annually on the second Sunday of May (Mother's Day) and on the birthday of Hitler's mother. It was graded bronze, silver, and gold according to the number of children borne, with bronze awarded to mothers of four or five children; silver for six or seven; and gold for eight or more. The award was administered locally, with recipients nominated by Nazi Party welfare organizations and presented in a formal ceremony intended to promote the regime's pronatalist and racial policies.